Brickellia desertorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names desert brickellbush and desert brickellia.[1] It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and the southwestern United States (the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, and Arizona).[2]
Brickellia desertorum is a densely branching shrub with hairy stems growing to 1.5m (04.9feet) tall. The small, toothed, oval-shaped leaves are up to 1.2 centimeters long. The inflorescences at the end of stem branches contain clusters of flower heads, each about a centimeter long and lined with greenish, purplish, or yellowish phyllaries. At the tip of the head are 8 to 12 tubular disc florets.[3]
The fruit is a hairy cylindrical achene 2 or 3 millimeters long with a pappus of bristles.[3]
